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Mooney, Monday August 19th 2013

On Mooney today, with Brenda Donohue...

Former Coronation Street actor Rupert Hill tells us about life after his stint on the iconic TV soap, and we chat to the champion of Celebrity MasterChef Ireland: David Gillick! Plus: we preview the Rose of Tralee Festival with reporter Colm Flynn and fan Helen England, and Olive Halpin tells us why she set up the Ray Of Sunshine charity to improve education facilities in Mombasa, Kenya, and why broadcaster Derek Davis also became involved.

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Rupert Hill

For three years, Rupert Hill starred in Coronation Street as Jamie Baldwin, the grandson of Street legend Mike Baldwin, during which time he enjoyed romances with Leanne, Maria, and controversially with his step-mother Frankie (played by Debra Stephenson). But it was his relationship with barmaid Violet Wilson that was the most significant - both for Jamie Baldwin, and for Rupert, as he went on to marry the actress who played Violet, Jenny Platt.

Having left the cobblestones of Weatherfield far behind, Rupert will be coming to Dublin next month, when he appears in the Peter Shaffer play The Private Ear and The Public Eye at the Gaiety Theatre. The two one-act plays, performed as a matching pair on the same night, provide a fascinating insight into the turbulent changing attitudes to love in the 1960s.

Today, Rupert joins Brenda in the studio to chat about Corrie, his new play, his pubs, and his passion for music!

The Private Ear and The Public Eye take place from September 10th - 14th at Dublin's Gaiety Theatre. Tickets are from €15 - €40. For more information about the production, click here.

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A Ray Of Sunshine For Kenyan Education

"Education is the most powerful weapon you can use to change the world". So said Nelson Mandela.

It brings to mind another quote: "Education, Education, Education". Thus spake Tony Blair, when he became British Prime Minister in 1997, when he promised to make education a priority.

And few would disagree that education is the key to prosperity, better job opportunities, improved health, democracy etc...

Here in this country we might complain about class sizes, cuts to Special Needs Assistants, sub standard classrooms and the like but compared to what children in some parts of the world have to cope with, we have nothing to complain about.

Olive Halpin has taken it open herself to improve the educational facilities of children in Mombasa, Kenya, and she joins us in studio today to tell us about working in the village of Jamvi La Wageni in Mombasa, and the charity she has set up there, the Ray of Sunshine Foundation.

Retired broadcaster Derek Davis is Patron of the foundation, and he's also in studio today to chat about the work the charity does...

The Ray Of Sunshine foundation welcomes all help, and is specifically looking for five plasterers and five blocklayers. If you would like to get involved, phone Olive on 087 699-4599 or to find out more about the Ray Of Sunshine Foundation, visit www.rayofsunshine.ie.

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The Rose Of Tralee International Festival

It’s not everyone’s cup of tea but the Rose of Tralee is still going strong and will, no doubt, attract a huge audience tonight and tomorrow night on RTÉ Television - a massive 850,000 tuned in last year!

Colm Flynn is backstage at the dome, and reports today on how the final preparations are going...

Presented by Dáithí O Sé, the 54th International Rose of Tralee Selection will be broadcast live from the festival dome in Tralee, Co. Kerry tonight and tomorrow. The event will be broadcast on RTÉ One from 8pm with a break for the Nine O'Clock News.

For more information about the Rose Of Tralee International Festival, visit the official website: www.roseoftralee.ie.

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Hedgerows: It is an offence to 'cut, grub, burn or otherwise destroy hedgerows on uncultivated land during the nesting season from 1 March to 31 August, subject to certain exceptions'. For more information, click here.